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| 2/13/2026 |
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Germany’s Paul Henning: New Season, New Chapter
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There are few things that bring Paul Henning joy like donning the red, black and white colours of Germany in international tournaments. The 28-year-old Henning has been lucky to live his ‘childhood dream’ with Germany in four major competitions—three European Championships and one World Championship. “Representing Germany was always a childhood dream. |
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| 2/12/2026 |
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New Partnerships for 2026
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The 2026 AVP season begins with real disruption at the top of both the men’s and women’s fields. The breakup of the 2024 U.S. Olympic pairing of Andy Benesh and Miles Partain, Taylor Crabb aligning with Benesh, and Kelly Cheng partnering with Megan Kraft represent some of the most consequential partnership changes going into the 2026 AVP League season. |
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De Groot teams up with Van de Velde after Boermans decides to take a break
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Yorick de Groot & Steven van de Velde will be a new team on the international men’s beach volleyball stage and are expected to make their Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour debut together at the very first Elite event of the year, in Joao Pessoa from March 11 to 15. De Groot’s previous partner Stefan Boermans decided to take a break from the Dutch national team and from the Beach Pro Tour... |
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| 2/8/2026 |
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Duos from Australia and Romania snatch first Beach Pro Tour golds
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Australia’s Solomon Bushby & Justin Schumann and Romania’s Beata Vaida & Francesca Alupei marched through the first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event of the year undefeated to snatch the Mount Maunganui Futures gold medals, the first ones ever on the tour for each of these two pairs. Two United States teams completed the men’s podium in New Zealand. Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst earned silver... |
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| 2/7/2026 |
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Duos from USA, Japan, Romania, Australia and New Zealand to battle for year’s first Beach Pro Tour medals
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The first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event of the year is approaching its climax. Three teams from the United States, two from Japan and one each from Australia, Romania and host nation New Zealand reached the semifinals of the Mount Maunganui Futures. The semis and the medal matches will be played on Sunday, February 8, and will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube channel. |
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| 2/5/2026 |
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A Breakdown of the 2026 AVP Season
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The 2026 season introduces League stops in Belmar, New Jersey; Aspen, Colorado; and Las Vegas, Nevada, while continuing to showcase the sport in established markets like Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, and Chicago. For fans, that means more variety, more unique venues, and a League schedule that continues to adapt while delivering compelling competition at the highest level of the sport. |
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Ahmed Tijan: How fatherhood changed me
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Ahmed Tijan needs little or no introduction in the world of volleyball. Since 2018, the beach volleyball star has alongside his long-term partner Cherif Younousse, put Qatar on the global map with their terrific performances notably the bronze medal feat in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Their impressive resumé also features a fourth-place finish in the Olympic Games Paris 2024... |
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Melissa Humana-Paredes and Esteban Grimalt feature at Milano Cortina 2026 fashion show
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Olympic beach volleyball silver medallist Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada and three-time Olympian Esteban Grimalt of Chile were among the athletes featured at a fashion show in Milan during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The fashion show was held at Clubhouse 26, the official hospitality venue in Milan, and was hosted by the International Olympic Committee. |
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Empowerment coach Marcio Araujo lifts Cape Verde’s beach volleyball to new heights in more ways than one
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The development of beach volleyball in Cape Verde has marked solid all-around progress in recent years, ever since it started receiving much needed support from the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment program, and especially since the arrival of coach Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo, a legendary Brazilian athlete, an Olympic silver medalist at Beijing 2008 and a winner of three... |
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| 2/3/2026 |
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New Zealand’s 2026 national tour serves off at Lake Karapiro
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The 2026 GJ Gardner Homes New Zealand Beach Tour served off with its first event of the season, held last week at Lake Karapiro. The first women’s gold of the year went to seventh-seeded Non Matsumoto & Ren Matsumoto of Japan. In Sunday’s final, they mastered a convincing 2-0 (21-14, 21-11) upset of top-seeded Shaunna Polley & Olivia MacDonald. In the third-place playoff... |
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